#CD99DD#CD99DD

#CD99DD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99DD
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 31.20, -27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 41.28, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0822 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.11 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6174, 40.9832, 73.6894)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99DD #A9DD99

analogous

#AB99DD #CD99DD #DD99CB

triadic

#CD99DD #DDCD99 #99DDCD

tetradic

#CD99DD #DDAB99 #A9DD99 #99CBDD

square

#CD99DD #DDAB99 #A9DD99 #99CBDD

split-complementary

#CD99DD #CBDD99 #99DDAB

monochromatic

#9F3FBD #B66BCE #CD99DD #E3C7EC #F4E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CD99DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CD99DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99DD

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99DD	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7e7',
    500: '#cd99dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99dd;
$custom-light: #ddb7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75513,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99DD

secondary

#E1EEDD

accent

#BD284B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FC

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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